I only agree with some of the results. I wonder what the person's martial art background would be to help him come to this conclusion. I've consulted weight lifting coaches with PHD's on the subject and have had varying responses. Universally though high reps are good but you'd have to reduce the sets. You're not supposed to lift until fatigue for martial arts practice which is where I find the problem lies in the above scenerio.

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omega, he actually mentions in this article (which is all I've read by him) that gains can be made and maintained without working to faliure. What his ma background is I don't know. Like I said I agree with some not all of what he said.

Several years ago I lifted weights with a world-class competitive powerlifter for a couple of years. It was very rare for him to do more than 5 reps on any exercise (usually 3 reps on squats and bench press).

WTF!? I do 3 rep, 15 set each rep (45 time per work out), is that too much? What will happen if I continue to do this?
My goal is to try go up to 4 rep of 15 set using a 50 lbs dumbbell for 5 different work out and 4 rep of 10 set using a 200 lbs bench press bar. Plus 50 of each 8 type of push up and 9 type of sit up.

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"A magical place where I have a freakish large penis and I am also the king of the mushroom people." - by Omen Stone

I would pick bag work over masturbating, fighting over sex, and KOing someone over having a orgasm!

The idea behind keeping the muscles tensed is to counteract the neurological impulses that keep you from impaling yourself with a fork, for example, when you're eating with the utensil; your body's way of preventing you from using more of your muscles' potential so you don't injure yourself.

By tensing all muscle groups around the body part being worked, and including the structural muscles and abs, you nullify this impulse by making your nervous system "more comfortable" with allowing you to lift more.

To simplify this a bit, have you ever wondered why the insane, and the mentally disabled have HUGE ammounts of strength? It's not because they have any extra muscles generally, it's because their mind is damaged and they lack the impulses which limit your muscle exertion.

It sounds strange, but it works. Try it for yourself.

I just got back from the gym a few minutes ago, my first day of trying this type of training per the book.

Here's how it went:

"Press Day"

Flat +1 bench (inclined one notch-need to work my upper pecs a bit more) w/dumbells (weight is per hand, duh):

Set 1: 50 lbs x4, taking 3-5 seconds to fully extend, short rest at the lockout, and 3-5 seconds on the way down (Same for all sets)

Side Presses (described in the book, sort of a one-handed military press done perpendicular to your frame): done light because I'm working on my form since I've never done these before:

Set 1: 40 lbs x 4

Set 2: 40 lbs x 4

Farmer's walk (not in the book, for my own forearm development)

50 lbs x 10 feet x 4 "laps"

Lunges (for my shoots)

50 lbs x 10 feet x 4 "laps"

And hell, I feel like a million bucks. I'm not burned out or even sore in the least, like I usually get after a workout. In fact, I could probably have continued doing this for another hour.

I'll be doing the "Pulling" part of my workout either tomorrow or tuesday, taking a day of rest, then repeating the cycle. After a week, I'll add 5 lbs to the weight, and repeat up until a 6 week period is complete. Then, as the book advises, I'll take a few steps back with my max weight in order to continue making gains.

I'm going to give this a shot for a few months, or until I find a major flaw with it (or get injured). So far (after a whopping 2 hours on the program), I'm happy, so we'll see.